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Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

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Appy

Appy

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Just now, Saint NL said:

I thought Norwich's Sargent went to Wolfsburg, but apparently he didn't go. We should be all over that.

Not a chance we’re chucking £20m at a striker when we already have loads. 

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woodsaint1

woodsaint1

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13 minutes ago, Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd said:

We've got rid of loads! We're a week away from the start of the season and we haven't exactly set the world on fire with new signings, infact, this summer feels just like last summer in that we haven't brought what's needed, again! 

And we could do with getting rid of more. 

ABK, Taylor, Fraser, Aribo and even BBD can all go too.

Outside of GK and possibly AM (although Fernandes will likely still be with us for the first game or two), our starting lineup is good enough to start the season. Hopefully it will be improved further by the end of the window. Still another month to go.

 

Turkish

Turkish

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19 minutes ago, Danbert said:

What a bunch of fannies, Jesus. Let's at least give the club until the end of the transfer window and the manager a decent run of games before we start wetting the bed.

If we don’t beat Wrexham Steel and Spurts will have failed 

ErwinK1961

ErwinK1961

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6 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

 

I love headlines like this. Are they sending it by Pidgeon? Stopping via the Times first to let them know it’s coming.

CB Fry

CB Fry

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13 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

Hmmm, not good news guys...

 

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Yet another player given away for an absolute pittance. 

Smirking_Saint

Smirking_Saint

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4 hours ago, Turkish said:

But it makes sense though you can’t just keep adding players, we’ve got 6 off the Books with another 2 going soon, brought 2 in plus the returning loan signings. We have a load of players good enough for championship but not good for the premier league.

Exactly this

Good god this forum is hard work to read, reality is if we lined up right now, despite the differences in ours and Wrexhams transfer activity we STILL have a better team on paper

Despite everyone thinking Archer is completely toothless, the bookies STILL have him as top scored favourite, or there abouts

We’ll spend when we know the make up of the squad, every season we get the same ‘buy early’ clap trap, and every season we don’t, its as if clubs strategise later buys to ensure they get the best deals

I simply can’t judge where we are until the end of the transfer window, but as it stands, we’re ‘rightly’ favourites for autos along with Ipswich

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Farmer Saint

Farmer Saint

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20 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Yet another player given away for an absolute pittance. 

Joke. We never extract the amount we should. SR and Spors out.

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Dusic

Dusic

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I think we wil lose Fernandes and Dibling but if you listen to this whole segement it seems a fairly measired and accurate summary of where we are.

Will be interesting to interpret Still's view on incomings when asked post match tomorrow - he was clear last week that we need to see more stuff happen and I guess on outgoings it has this week.

Turkish

Turkish

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15 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

Broja to Burnley 25m how far has he fallen think injuries taken toll

 From one low league table team on loan to another lower league table team permanently with a couple of lower league table loans in between. So not that far 

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Ex Lion Tamer

Ex Lion Tamer

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5 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Completely different climate to 2011. That's almost impossible to do now. 

It's probably even harder now to sign Prem-ready players when in the Championship. The gap has widened

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saintant

saintant

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2 hours ago, Smirking_Saint said:

Exactly this

Good god this forum is hard work to read, reality is if we lined up right now, despite the differences in ours and Wrexhams transfer activity we STILL have a better team on paper

Despite everyone thinking Archer is completely toothless, the bookies STILL have him as top scored favourite, or there abouts

We’ll spend when we know the make up of the squad, every season we get the same ‘buy early’ clap trap, and every season we don’t, its as if clubs strategise later buys to ensure they get the best deals

I simply can’t judge where we are until the end of the transfer window, but as it stands, we’re ‘rightly’ favourites for autos along with Ipswich

And every season we start slowly - just saying.

Willo of Whiteley

Willo of Whiteley

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I honestly couldn’t give a toss in general about all this, I won’t lose sleep over it like some do on here. 😂

Would I have preferred us to have a good squad going into the season with a number of changes - yes of course.

But as long as we have a good squad come the end of the window then fine, imagine the panic buying should we lose to Wrexham, Pompey and Ipswich 🤣

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hypochondriac

hypochondriac

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13 minutes ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

It's probably even harder now to sign Prem-ready players when in the Championship. The gap has widened

I don't think we should be signing prem ready players I bthe championship. I'd like to see us try to keep hold of a couple if we get relegated. 

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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26 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

But as long as we have a good squad come the end of the window then fine, imagine the panic buying should we lose to Wrexham, Pompey and Ipswich 🤣

Window closes before the Pompey game.

Willo of Whiteley

Willo of Whiteley

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3 minutes ago, SambaMaverick said:

Burnley paying £30m Inc add-ons for Broja, are they fucking stupid

I mean once upon a time, some on here were absolutely fawning over him, a guy that scored no more than maybe 8 or 9 goals for us, all in a purple patch mid season, and was missing for the final three months of it.

Burnley are more than welcome to over pay for him. 🤣

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SambaMaverick

SambaMaverick

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Just now, Willo of Whiteley said:

I mean once upon a time, some on here were absolutely fawning over him, a guy that scored no more than maybe 8 or 9 goals for us, all in a purple patch mid season, and was missing for the final three months of it.

Burnley are more than welcome to over pay for him. 🤣

About £25m would've been the going rate for him after his loan with us, purple patch or not. That's just what any semi-proven striker costs in the PL. But to pay that after the time he's had since is just crazy... they must have been properly scraping the barrel

woodsaint1

woodsaint1

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30m for Broja 😦. You'd think Burnley would have learnt their lesson from last time, but no.

Their recruitment has been poor, particularly compared to what Sunderland have done. Sunderland having a real go at it, which is what you need to do

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Turkish

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4 hours ago, woodsaint1 said:

30m for Broja 😦. You'd think Burnley would have learnt their lesson from last time, but no.

Their recruitment has been poor, particularly compared to what Sunderland have done. Sunderland having a real go at it, which is what you need to do

So are we saying it was good we didn’t sign him for similar fees when everyone was lamblasting the club for letting another one slip through our fingers?

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Weston Super Saint

Weston Super Saint

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2 hours ago, Turkish said:

So are we saying it was good we didn’t sign him for similar fees when everyone was lamblasting the club for letting another one slip through our fingers?

It's only good if we got a sell on fee for him, otherwise our loan dealings are shit. 

Seaside B&B.

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sockeye

sockeye

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Burnley in 20th I’d say. “Parkerball” won’t cut it in the Premier League despite their impressive defense in the Championship last term. Of course still a month until the window SLAMS SHUT so this is practically the ramblings of a madman

ally_uk

ally_uk

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Regarding losing our best players it is what it is. 

Looking forward to this season, however if we get promoted then what ? Don't know about you but I've fell out of love with the Premier league, it's a circus.... 

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Toussaint

Toussaint

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4 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

Regarding losing our best players it is what it is. 

Looking forward to this season, however if we get promoted then what ? Don't know about you but I've fell out of love with the Premier league, it's a circus.... 

the premier league isn’t much fun anymore, but it is where you need to be to avoid becoming progressively weaker. You just can’t afford to get stuck in the championship for too long. 

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Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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9 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I honestly couldn’t give a toss in general about all this, I won’t lose sleep over it like some do on here. 😂

Would I have preferred us to have a good squad going into the season with a number of changes - yes of course.

But as long as we have a good squad come the end of the window then fine, imagine the panic buying should we lose to Wrexham, Pompey and Ipswich 🤣

It kinda works both ways though. Yes we might not have signed players in time for these games but we might also still have Fernandes.

Chez

Chez

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47 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

Regarding losing our best players it is what it is. 

Looking forward to this season, however if we get promoted then what ? Don't know about you but I've fell out of love with the Premier league, it's a circus.... 

Maybe worry about the PL another day? Winning games at this level is going to be hard enough.

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BARCELONASAINT

BARCELONASAINT

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4 minutes ago, Chez said:

Maybe worry about the PL another day? Winning games at this level is going to be hard enough.

I totally agree with this statement. What exactly was our track record against lower league sides in the Cup competitions last season!!!

We are losing our best players and still have so much dross to shift with little quality left behind. I honestly think we could be off to a very bad start to the season.

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John B

John B

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8 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

I totally agree with this statement. What exactly was our track record against lower league sides in the Cup competitions last season!!!

We are losing our best players and still have so much dross to shift with little quality left behind. I honestly think we could be off to a very bad start to the season.

So what you cannot do anything about it as there is no fucking guarantee that the team you support has to be successful

BARCELONASAINT

BARCELONASAINT

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21 minutes ago, John B said:

So what you cannot do anything about it as there is no fucking guarantee that the team you support has to be successful

someone get out of the wrong side of the bed this morning did they?

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StrangelyBrown

StrangelyBrown

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33 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

I totally agree with this statement. What exactly was our track record against lower league sides in the Cup competitions last season!!!

We are losing our best players and still have so much dross to shift with little quality left behind. I honestly think we could be off to a very bad start to the season.

Even with the "dross" we still have a very good championship squad - the only major concerns for me this season are a decent keeper and some creativity when Fernandes and dibling inevitably go. Defensively we look ok, the central midfield engine is pretty strong at this level and we have plenty of players who can score in the championship.

Next season however we need to start thinking about and we really aren't anywhere near other than Ramsdale maybe coming back.

Oh no Mick Mills

Oh no Mick Mills

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On 21/07/2025 at 13:37, 23rdSaint said:

 

 

42 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

I totally agree with this statement. What exactly was our track record against lower league sides in the Cup competitions last season!!!

We are losing our best players and still have so much dross to shift with little quality left behind. I honestly think we could be off to a very bad start to the season.

Virtually every YouTube podcast predicting the Championship table this coming season have us finishing 2nd. 

 

Farmer Saint

Farmer Saint

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1 hour ago, Toussaint said:

the premier league isn’t much fun anymore, but it is where you need to be to avoid becoming progressively weaker. You just can’t afford to get stuck in the championship for too long. 

Personally I'd like to see a European Super League so 4 or 5 of the teams can fuck off. Then, if you win the PL, the lowest finishing English team (and Italian, Spanish, German etc) gets relegated back to the PL and that team replaces them. It then replaces the Champions League which has lost its lustre.

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coalman

coalman

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Ah, the traditional summer transfer window where we all turn on each other as we watch our best players depart as we miss out on a succession of targets.

The transfer business is all a sideshow though. What matters is what Still has managed to coach into the team since he arrived. It sounds like they will, at least, be fitter than they were which is a positive. Hopefully we'll be harder to score against and put up a fight for the whole game. The big worry is whether we can create enough.

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trousers

trousers

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2 minutes ago, coalman said:

Ah, the traditional summer transfer window where we all turn on each other

What a ridiculous statement you ****ing **** trumpet (no offence)

 

 

 

 

;)

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Smirking_Saint

Smirking_Saint

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10 hours ago, saintant said:

And every season we start slowly - just saying.

Completely differing reasons, if its ‘just us’ why have none of the other relegated clubs started splashing the cash ?

coalman

coalman

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1 minute ago, trousers said:

What a ridiculous statement you ****ing **** trumpet (no offence)

 

 

 

 

;)

None taken you colossal bell end 😛

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Smirking_Saint

Smirking_Saint

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20 minutes ago, Oh no Mick Mills said:

 

Virtually every YouTube podcast predicting the Championship table this coming season have us finishing 2nd. 

 

As do the bookies….

coalman

coalman

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22 minutes ago, Oh no Mick Mills said:

 

Virtually every YouTube podcast predicting the Championship table this coming season have us finishing 2nd. 

 

Yes, but after 2 of the last 3 seasons it's easy to understand why we don't believe we can have nice things.

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trousers

trousers

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25 minutes ago, Oh no Mick Mills said:

 

Virtually every YouTube podcast predicting the Championship table this coming season have us finishing 2nd. 

 

 

4 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

As do the bookies….

Time to cash in my life savings if it's that much of a foregone conclusion... ;)

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